We departed Kalai Khum in the morning and followed the road along the Pamir River again. Day Two would see us travelling 175km in about 4-5 hours. Across the river, we saw many more villages on the Afghan side. Another interesting sight were the many Tajik soldiers we passed patrolling the road. Because the Pamir …
Month: February 2020
Picking up where Steve left off, the next few posts will cover our time in the next of the ‘Stans we visited. After we crossed the border from Uzbekistan, we headed to the capital city of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, where we had a quick one-night stop to prepare for our upcoming road trip. For this section …
After backtracking on that fantastic high speed train, we arrived in Samarkand, which is about twice the size of Bukhara, in the early evening. Ashraf quickly and effectively bartered for a taxi, and after the driver gave us the usual lengthy spiel about ‘knowing a better hotel’, we arrived at our next guesthouse, this one …